Lidell To Join South African Female Vocal Ensemble The Mahotella Queens + Sinkane, Money Mark, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor & More
Festival Confirmed For Oct 4th, 5th In Central Park, Also Features The Blood Brothers, Cat Power, Liars, Stars And Others
Following seven years of explosive growth across China, becoming that country’s largest music festival ever, The Modern Sky Festival is now set to come to the United States for the first time, bringing a wide-ranging, two-day musical gathering to Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield in New York, October 4th & 5th 2014.
Closing the first night of the festival will be Atomic Bomb! The Music of William Onyeabor, presented by Luaka Bop as part of the label’s 25th anniversary year. Featuring an amazing and ever evolving line-up — and following a celebrated festival run across Europe this summer—this New York City edition will feature the show’s most eclectic lineup to date.
Newly added to the Atomic Bomb! line up are Jamie Lidell & the Mahotella Queens, coming all the way from Nashville, Tennessee, and Johannesburg, South Africa respectively. The guests will be joining Atomic Bomb!’s Ahmed Ghallab and his band Sinkane, Money Mark and Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor (along with a fantastic group of horn players and Nigerian percussionists!).
Confirmed Festival Line-Up:
Saturday October 4
5pm – 10pm
Atomic Bomb! The Music of William Onyeabor
(featuring an all-star lineup of musicians to be announced soon)
Liars
Re-TROS (Rebuilding The Rights of Statues)
The Blood Brothers
Zhang Xuan
Sunday October 5
2pm – 8:30pm
Cat Power
Stars
The Both (Aimee Mann & Ted Leo)
Second Hand Rose
Tongue
Queen Sea Big Shark
Lenka
Omnipotent Youth Society
Tickets For Modern Sky Festival Price: $48 single day, $85 multi-day Link: www.modernskyfestivalnyc.com
About Modern Sky Entertainment, Ltd.:
The Modern Sky Festival was first produced in Beijing in 2007. With 120+ artists performing on 8 stages over 3 days, becoming mainland China’s largest-ever music festival. Today, the Modern Sky Festival is one of 20+ large-scale music festivals produced in cities throughout mainland China by Modern Sky Entertainment, China’s leading music entertainment company
Formed in 1997, Modern Sky Entertainment companies include China’s largest independent record label, Modern Sky Records; Modern Sky Concerts, mainland China’s largest festival and concert event producer; M2 Artist Management; Modern Sky Publishing; Mlive Ticketing; and Modern Sky Labs.
About Modern Sky Founder/CEO, Shen Lihui
Shen Lihui is commonly referred to as the “Richard Branson of China” by Chinese media. Lihui is the Founder and CEO of Modern Sky Entertainment, Ltd. and was the lead singer of seminal Chinese rock band Sober (Qingxing). In it’s 40th Anniversary issue, Time Out Beijing featured Lihui among it’s list of “40 Heroes” of the past forty years.